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Del griego pontos, pontios, mar. Pontus en latín.
In Greek mythology, Pontus was a Titan, son of Gaea and brother of Uranus. Hesiod recounts that Gaea begat Pontus by herself, without mating.
Daplidice was a Danaid, daughter of Danaus. Fifty sisters who killed their husbands (all but one) on their wedding night and were therefore punished to carry water in vessels until a bottomless cask was filled, a metaphor for endless toil.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana%C3%AFdes
En la mitología griega, Ponto era un titán, hijo de Gea y hermano de Urano. Hesíodo cuenta que Gea engendró a Ponto por sí misma, sin emparejarse.
Daplidice era una danaide, hija de Danaus. Cincuenta hermanas que mataron a sus maridos (todas menos una) en la noche de bodas y por ello castigadas a transportar agua en recipientes hasta llenar un tonel sin fondo, siendo metáfora del trabajo sin fin.
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The blue sky was overshadowed by shots of grey and golden yellow clouds. The restless blue waves of the Pacific were splashing against rocks on the shore. Witnessing this from the beach made me feel as if Zeus - The Lord of the Sky and Poseidon - The Lord of the Sea were coming to greet Gaea - The Goddess of Earth / Mother Earth.
Canada's 10 provinces and 3 territories, as well as First Nations Québec and Labrador, unite to present 33 masterful works over five historical sectors. The horticultural friendship uniting Canada with Shanghai and Beijing has also led to coloured works of art which will delight your eye.
Yet another Blender landscape, inspired by Castlerigg in the Lake District. This is a 'made-up' mountain created using some software called Gaea. Everything else modelled, textured and rendered in Blender.
I like this 'stylised' look (I do similar with my own photos, so no reason I shouldn't do it with the made-up stuff), but probably not realistic enough yet. Definitely my best mountain render texture wise though (IMO anyway). Needs more dappled light I think.
Doubt this will be the last 'shot' of Lazlorigg as I try to get it 'just so'.
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Siren Song by Sara Singer
Hear my voice beneath the sea
Sleeping now so peacefully
At the bottom of the sea
Sleep for all eternity
Sailors live so restlessly
Come with me, sleep peacefully
Listen to this siren's song
Worry not for nothing's wrong
Let my voice lead you this way
I will not lead you astray
Trust me as we reach the side
Jumping out where men have died
Hear my voice beneath the sea
Sleeping now so peacefully
At the bottom of the sea
Sleep for all eternity
Let the ocean fill your lungs
Struggle not, soon peace will come
Taking in your final breath
Sink down to the ocean's depths
"I wish I could always be
In the ocean's arms, you see"
He who'd wanted nothing more
Sleeps now at the ocean floor
Ocean was your lover's name
You had loved her all the same
Now you'll always be together
Sirens are so very clever
Hear my voice beneath the sea
Sleeping now so peacefully
At the bottom of the sea
Sleep for all eternity
‘Gaea’ by Lee Krasner, 1908-1984, oil on canvas, 1966. Photographed in the David Geffen Gallery at the Museum of Modern Art, NYC, February 25, 2020. Krasner, an abstract expressionist was married to Jackson Pollock. Processed in PS.
www.blog.artdex.com/art-world/lee-krasner-the-painter-bri...
My latest attempts at 3D 'painting'. Trying to go for something you might see in the Highlands. This has obviously been taken on a very crisp, bright - but hazy - morning.
The island has been subject to a lot of erosion and I'm not sure the castle will be safe much longer - but when it was built, there was a lot more room... obvs.
I would love to see comments on how I could make this more convincing, more interesting etc.
EDIT: Just noticed that there is quite a lot of banding in the sky in these images. This is hardly noticeable on my large monitor, but on my iPad it looks horrid. Oh well. Probably just makes a dubious image even more so :(
A place I've never been. A place I might never go to. A place I have seen some very nice photos of on Flickr and a place I wanted to 'paint' (well, as close to painting as I get).
Data from the Scottish Government and NASA;
Data cleaned up in QGIS;
Mountain mesh and base texture created in Gaea;
Put together and rendered in Blender (using various free and purchased assets... but I modelled the cottage myself);
Post processed in Photoshop and Lightroom.
Quite pleased with how this one has come out....
Fourth variation. I have invoked artistic privilege in not including the smaller outbuilding that sits directly behind the hut as a: I think it would get in the way and be distracting and b: I couldn't be bothered to model it.
3/52
Within the valleys dim and brown,
And on the spectral mountain's crown,
The wearied light is dying down,
And earth, and stars, and sea, and sky
Are redolent of sleep, as I
Am redolent of thee and thine
Enthralling love, my Adeline.
Serenade by Edgar Allan Poe
I'm leaving this behind. In three weeks I'll be on a flight across Europe to live on another place, with no mountains, and no sense of freedom clinging to he horizon.
I'm doing this for myself.
At this sight I feel small, but my chest expands with a love undescribable by words.
This is my paradise.
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GEA (1980) by Bruno Martinazzi.
Bose Monastery - Magnano, Biella, Italy
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Big white marble sculpture Gea of the Italian artist Bruno Martinazzi symbol of maternity fertility and Mother Nature.
..... Suddenly from Chaos appeared Gea, Mother Earth, the principle of life and mother of mankind and the divine lineage, first material reality of creation ......
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_(mythology)
..... all'improvviso dal Caos apparve Gea, la madre terra, principio di vita e madre degli uomini e della stirpe divina, prima realtà materiale della creazione......
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A place I've never been. A place I might never go to. A place I have seen some very nice photos of on Flickr and a place I wanted to 'paint' (well, as close to painting as I get).
Data from the Scottish Government and NASA;
Data cleaned up in QGIS;
Mountain mesh and base texture created in Gaea;
Put together and rendered in Blender (using various free and purchased assets... but I modelled the cottage myself);
Post processed in Photoshop and Lightroom.
Quite pleased with how this one has come out....
Now for the endless variations to justify the time spent doing it :)
Some gemstone oval beads, ceramic beads, shell beads, czech glass beads, nut beads, wood beads, some Gaea ceramic beads, copper clasps and ceramic pendants. The seahorse pendant is by Spirited Earth and the other one is by Natures Adornments.
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OK - so I'm going to go out on a limb and say that this is my best 3D CGI landscape so far. Clearly it still isn't perfect and - as I've said before - photorealism is beyond me and so I’m not that interested in it. However, I’ve always wanted to paint and I can’t.
I’d love be able to do nice landscape paintings. So, I am using what little skills I have in this department to create my versions of landscape paintings in the PC (while also trying to improve my skills).
This version is a more 'painterly' one achieved using photoshop and is the sort of 'sketchy' painting style that I'd like to think I would paint in, if I could paint.
This image (and probably more to come from this location - once you've spent time setting up a project like this, then its quite likely to be the source of a few more... this is one of the benefits of using the computer. I can now move the camera around like I could if I was actually there) is largely inspired by this shot (www.flickr.com/photos/tall-guy/50100014291/in/faves-43531...) and other similar ones by Alan (Tall Guy) - whose Lake District Photos are always a pleasure!
Suggestions for improvements (bearing in mind my skill set) always welcome :)
Software used:
Gaea
QGIS
Blender
Quixel Mixer
Photoshop
Lightroom
Data Used:
Morton, D.; Marston, C. G,; O’Neil, A. W.; Rowland, C. S. (2020). Land Cover Map 2019 (25m rasterised land parcels, GB). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. doi.org/10.5285/f15289da-6424-4a5e-bd92-48c4d9c830cc
Openstreet Map
OS open data (Zoomstack)
Assets Used:
Grasswald
Trees from a tutorial on fake forests by CGBoost
Botaniq
Textures.com/TextureHaven/CCOTextures and probably others (lots of textures from free sources - thanks for these)
Titan, a word from the Ancient Greek Civilization, they were one of twelve primeval deities, The titans themselves were six sons, and six daughters, the children of Uranus and Gaea, usually seen as powerful beings, and legends, I myself encountered Titans, but the difference was, they were teenage mortals, mortals who dared take the name of otherworldly deities, my plans of releasing total chaos and evil upon the world many years ago, UTTERLY DEMOLISHED BY THOSE… well I seem to have lost my grip there, I’ve been a bit unstable since my last encounter with them, but now after all these years, of s-studying these, “TITANS” as they call themselves, I’ve learned a bit about them, found some, weaknesses, soft spots, breaking points, and their fears, I’ve followed their every move, been able to get photos of them, determine their weak spots, and be able to break them, physically, and mentally. I will take these Titan’s lives, but before that, but them through the worst torture, I’ll make them ashamed, feel pain, the way they did to me, all those years ago, I’ll make them bleed, I’ll crush them, and the last thing they’ll ever do, is wish that they hadn’t crossed paths with me, MR. TWISTER! Suddenly, banging on my door, knocking, loud, and hard, someone found me, I check in through my camera located in my visor and see who it is, The Doom Patrol, they’ve been after me for a while now, after what I did to them. Some might say that what I’m doing to find out more about the Titans is insane, cruel, absolutely horrible, but after a while I’ve come to realize that what they did to me was just as bad, I mean look at me now, I’m not even fully a man anymore, now It’s time to make my escape, luckily I have all of my notes saved in here, now that I’m being forced out of hiding, I think it’s best to do my favorite thing, hunt titans.
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Demeter looking for Persephone on a chariot pulled by a couple of dragon - Sala di Cerere - Palazzo Vecchio, Florence.
La decorazione del soffitto è realizzata da Giorgio Vasari, Cristofano Gherardi
La sala prende il nome dalla decorazione del soffitto, Demetra che cerca Persefone sopra un carro trainato da un drago.
Demetra dea dell'agricoltura, è figlia di Urano e Gea.
Persefone o Proserpina figlia di Demetra viene rapita da Ade dio degli inferi. Zeus ordina ad Ade di liberarla ma lei ha mangiato il frutto dell'eternità, il melograno, così ora è legata per sempre agli Inferi. Zeus ordina allora ad Ade di lasciare Proserpina per metà anno con la madre e il resto con lui negli Inferi.
Demeter goddess of agriculture, is the daughter of Uranus and Gaea.
Persephone or Proserpine daughter of Demeter is kidnapped by Hades god of the underworld. Zeus orders Hades to free her but she ate the fruit of eternity, the pomegranate, so now she is bound forever to the Underworld. Zeus then orders Hades to leave Proserpine for half a year with her mother and the rest with him in the Underworld.
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Alias: Calyx
Real Name: Angela Gaea Makris
Gender: Female
Allegiance: Villain
Backstory: The half sister of Theroniya Costas. Theronyia's mother had an affair with Calyx's father, which led to Calyx being born. Her mother, ashamed of what she had done, stopped seeing Calyx's father immediately. So she grew up with only her father taking care of her. When she learned the truth about her mother, she was furious. They would move to Cardinal City soon after. She vowed to get revenge, and for that, she wanted power. That came from the mysterious Bestower, who would give her that power she wanted. Eventually, she would join the Monstrosities alongside Miss Direct, Pertros, Naur, Draconis and a few others under the leadership of the Vizier. She has the ability to control different plants. Although she's always hated flowers.
Demeter looking for Persephone on a chariot pulled by a couple of dragon - Sala di Cerere - Palazzo Vecchio, Florence.
La decorazione del soffitto è realizzata da Giorgio Vasari, Cristofano Gherardi
La sala prende il nome dalla decorazione del soffitto, Demetra che cerca Persefone sopra un carro trainato da un drago.
Demetra dea dell'agricoltura, è figlia di Urano e Gea.
Persefone o Proserpina figlia di Demetra viene rapita da Ade dio degli inferi. Zeus ordina ad Ade di liberarla ma lei ha mangiato il frutto dell'eternità, il melograno, così ora è legata per sempre agli Inferi. Zeus ordina allora ad Ade di lasciare Proserpina per metà anno con la madre e il resto con lui negli Inferi.
Demeter goddess of agriculture, is the daughter of Uranus and Gaea.
Persephone or Proserpine daughter of Demeter is kidnapped by Hades god of the underworld. Zeus orders Hades to free her but she ate the fruit of eternity, the pomegranate, so now she is bound forever to the Underworld. Zeus then orders Hades to leave Proserpine for half a year with her mother and the rest with him in the Underworld.
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Gaia or Gaea, known as Earth or Mother Earth. She was an early earth goddess and it is written that Gaia was born from Chaos, the great void of emptiness within the universe, and with her came Eros. She gave birth to Pontus (the Sea) and Uranus (the Sky). This was achieved parthenogenetically (without male intervention).
Other versions say that Gaia had as siblings Tartarus (the lowest part of the earth, below Hades itself) and Eros, and without a mate, gave birth to Uranus (Sky), Ourea (Mountains) and Pontus (Sea).
I created the headdress from scratch, Nic and i collected discarded branches and hoisted them from the beams in the studio. I arranged the seed pods from one of our trees to add some interest into the branches and also to accentuate the matter of fertility with the earth goddess.
Anmire was photographed in my studio with the headdress aligned as close to her head possible. Although i love composite work and Photoshop, i have learned that in order to obtain a more realistic final product it better to photograph as much 'in-house' as possible.
Anmire is a local young lady who resides in Holland. She is here on a visit and i have done some images of her for a new portfolio.
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My personal vision of the myth of Apollo and Daphne, in the moment when Mother Earth (Gaea) take the nymph transforming her into a tree. Part of an ongoing project about greek myths revisited.
One of the most powerful beings in the 616 universe, Thor has proven to be a champion of justice and defender of the weak since his modern appearance on Earth in 1962.
Thor's father Odin decided his son needed to be taught humility and consequently incarnated Thor (without memories of tke Asgardian pantheon) on Earth as a mortal, partially disabled human medical student, Donald Blake.
After becoming a doctor, Blake witnesses the arrival of an alien scouting party while he is on vacation in Norway. Blake flees from the aliens into a cave. After discovering Thor's hammer Mjolnir (disguised as a walking stick) and striking it against a rock, he transforms into the thunder god. Later, Blake is revealed to have always been Thor, Odin's enchantment having caused him to forget his history as The Thunder God and believe himself mortal.
Defeating the aliens, Thor shares a double life with his alter ego: treating the ill in a private practice with nurse – and eventual love – Jane Foster, and defending humanity from evil.
Thor's presence on Earth almost immediately attracts the attention of his adoptive brother and enemy Loki. Loki is responsible for the emergence of three of Thor's principal foes: the Absorbing Man; the Destroyer, and the Wrecker.
On one occasion, Loki's tactics were accidentally beneficial – although successful in using an illusion of the Hulk to draw Thor into battle, it results in the formation of the superhero team the Avengers, of which Thor and Hulk, alongside Ant-Man, the Wasp and Iron Man, would be founding members.
Thor's other early foes include Zarrko, the Tomorrow Man; the Radioactive Man; the Lava Man; the Cobra; Mister Hyde; the Enchantress and the Executioner, and the Grey Gargoyle.
Falling in love with Jane Foster, Thor disobeys his father and refuses to return to Asgard, an act for which he is punished on several occasions.
Thor's natural affinity for Earth is eventually revealed to be due to the fact that he was the son of the Elder Goddess Gaea.
Although Thor initially regards himself as a "superhero" like his teammates in the Avengers, Loki's machinations draw Thor into increasingly epic adventures, such as teaming with his father Odin and Asgardian ally Balder against the fire demon Surtur and Skagg the Storm Giant, and defeating an increasingly powerful Absorbing Man and proving his innocence in the "Trial of the Gods". This necessitates an extended leave of absence from the Avengers.
Thor encounters the Greek God Hercules, who becomes a loyal and trustworthy friend. Thor saves Hercules from fellow Olympian Pluto; stops the advance of Ego the Living Planet; rescues Jane Foster from the High Evolutionary and defeats his flawed creation, the Man-Beast.
Odin finally relents and allows Thor to love Jane Foster, on the proviso she pass a trial. Foster panics and Thor intervenes. After Foster fails the test, Odin returns her to Earth, where she is given another chance at love, while a heartbroken Thor is introduced to the Asgardian warrior Sif.
Thor battles the Asgardian troll Ulik for the first time when Ulik attempts to steal Mjolnir. The thunder god returns to Asgard to prevent Mangog from drawing the Odinsword and ending the universe, Thor learns the origin of Galactus and rescues Sif after she is kidnapped by Him.
Thor battles Surtur once again when the fire demon attempts to storm Asgard; encounters the Stranger and his pawn the Abomination; and overpowers an outmatched Doctor Doom.
Thor prevents another attempt by Mangog — disguised as Odin — from drawing the Odinsword; is saved by the intervention of ally Volstagg when the "Odin Force" became a semi-sentient destructive force; and is rescued from death when Odin engineers a false Ragnarök and has reporter Red Norvell die in his place battling the Midgard Serpent.
Thor met the Eternals in a lengthy event. Thor also encounters the "Eye of Odin" (sacrificed by Odin to drink from the Well of Mimir) which claimed another Asgard and version of Thor once existed.
Thor first donned his battle armor in April 1987. Thor eventually confronts the threat of the Celestial Fourth Host, and after an extended series of encounters learns of the apparent true origin of Asgard and Odin's plans to defend Earth from the alien judges.
Despite the attempt by Odin to stop the Celestials by occupying the Destroyer armor (now 2,000 feet tall as holding the life essence of every Asgardian) and wielding the Odinsword (and aided by the Uni-Mind, an entity composed of the Eternals) and Thor himself, the aliens depart when presented with an offering by Gaea on behalf of the "Skymothers" (e.g. Frigga and Hera) of twelve perfect humans. Thor also learns Gaea was his birth mother.
After restoring the Asgardian gods with a gathering of energies donated by Skyfathers from other pantheons, Thor has a series of adventures on Earth, including encountering two Heralds of Galactus in swift succession; stopping Mephisto from taking human souls; clearing his name when framed by Asgardian god of war Tyr; aiding Drax the Destroyer; with ally Iron Man defeating the Bi-Beast and the Man-Beast; engaging the former king of Nastrond Fafnir transformed by Odin into a dragon in combat when freed by Loki, and battling Dracula.
Thor learns of the existence of the "God Eater", a creature summoned when the death gods of several pantheons temporarily merge their realms. Thor thwarts the creature – revealed to be in humanoid guise Atum, the son of Gaea, and therefore Thor's half-brother – and ensures the cosmic balance is restored.
While exploring an approaching space vessel at the request of Nick Fury, Thor encounters Beta Ray Bill, who after a brief battle, proved himself worthy of lifting Thor's hammer Mjolnir. After initial misunderstandings, Bill forms an alliance with the Asgardian gods, and is empowered by Odin to aid Thor and his allies in a war with an approaching army of demons, which is revealed to be led by fire demon Surtur, now wielding "Twilight", the gigantic "Sword of Doom".
After a series of extended battles – including a battle to the death with Fafnir and thwarting the Dark Elf Malekith — the gods are finally triumphant, although during combat Odin and Surtur disappear through a rift and are presumed dead.
Thor remains in Asgard to deal with the vacuum left by Odin's apparent death, and drives off Hela; meets Tiwaz, his great-grandfather; forces Loki to cure him from the effects of a love potion; with allies enters Hela's realm and rescues lost mortal souls.
Returning to Earth, Thor and Beta Ray Bill defeat the transformed Dark Elf Kurse, although Loki uses the power of Surtur's discarded sword to change Thor into a frog. After an adventure in Central Park, Thor manages to partially restore himself and then forces Loki to reverse the spell.
While rescuing X-Factor member the Angel from torture by the mercenary team the Marauders, Thor is cursed by Hela, who makes his bones as brittle as glass and unable to heal if damaged; and renders him truly immortal and unable to die no matter how severe his injuries.
Thor is injured again during a battle with the Absorbing Man engineered by Loki, and is ultimately saved by Loki during a battle with the Dark Elves.
Eventually forced to wear armor to protect his broken body, Thor and Loki defeat a group of Ice Giants, who seek revenge by trying to locate the Midgard Serpent, hoping it would kill the thunder god.
The Giants instead find the dragon Fin Fang Foom, who is revealed to be the Midgard Serpent in disguise. Time slows as the pair – mortal enemies due to prophecy that stated they would kill each other during Ragnarök — battle to the death. Thor kills the Serpent, although his body is completely pulverized.
Loki restores the Destroyer, who kills the Ice Giants and finds Thor's now liquid form. The Destroyer attempts to disintegrate the thunder god but can not do so due to Hela's curse. Thor assumes mental control of the Destroyer, and forces Hela on pain of death to restore his true form. The thunder god then breaks Loki's arm as punishment for his actions.
Thor meets and battles Leir, the Celtic god of lightning. After another encounter with the Celestials on an alien world; Thor finds Odin — a captive of Seth — and uses the Odinpower to fend off a returning Surtur; and defeats Annihilus while Asgard is in the Negative Zone. Thor battles X-Men foe the Juggernaut and meets the New Warriors.
After Thor kills Loki in single combat, Heimdall – standing in for Odin temporarily as ruler of Asgard – banishes Thor from Asgard; he is replaced by the mortal Eric Masterson, who became the hero Thunderstrike.
When Odin awakes, Thor is forgiven and returned. During a battle Thor is driven into a "warrior's madness" by a Valkyrie. After overpowering everyone who attempts to stop his rampage, Thor is brought by the Eternal and Thanos before Odin, who cures his son of the madness.
Thor, together with the Avengers, the Fantastic Four, and other heroes, is trapped in an alternate universe after defeating the villain Onslaught.
The heroes live alternate lives for a year in what is revealed to be an artificial creation until returning to their own universe.
Thor and several members of the Avengers battle the Destroyer. Thor is saved by an enigmatic being called Marnot, who binds the life-force of a mortal called Jake Olson to the thunder god.
Thor enters into a war with the Dark Gods with Marnot revealed to be Hescamer, one of Odin's ravens; and battles the returning Enchanters Three.
Powers and Abilities
Like all Asgardians, Thor is incredibly long-lived and relies upon periodic consumption of the Golden Apples of Idunn to sustain his extended lifespan, which to date has lasted many millennia.
Being the son of Odin and the elder goddess Gaea, Thor is physically the strongest of the Asgardians.
Thor is capable of incredible feats of strength, such as lifting the almost Earth-sized Midgard Serpent, supporting a weight equivalent to that of 20 planets, destroying Surtur's solar system-sized dimensional portal (by combining his power with that of Beta Ray Bill), and allegedly overpowering infinite gravity.
If pressed in battle, Thor is capable of entering into a state known as the "Warrior's Madness" ("berserkergang" in Norwegian and Danish alike), which will temporarily increase his strength and stamina tenfold, although in this state he attacks friend and foe alike.
Thor is extremely durable to physical injuries. He has even survived energy blasts from Celestials.
Thor possesses keen senses that allow him to track objects traveling faster than light and hear cries from the other side of the planet.
His stamina allowed him to battle the entire Frost Giant army for nine months without any sustenance or rest; Thor has shown the ability to regenerate wounded portions of his body, including entire limbs or organs, with the aid of magical forces such as Mjolnir.
Thor has superhuman speed, agility, and reflexes, enabling him to deflect bullets with his hammer, and to swing or throw it at many times the speed of light.
In early stories, Thor demonstrated vortex breath, which produces powerful winds.
Like all Asgardians, he has immunity to all Earthly diseases and is resistant to magic. Exceptionally powerful magic can overwhelm Odin's enchantment that transforms him between Asgardian and mortal forms.
As the Norse god of thunder, Thor can summon the elements of the storm (lightning, rain, wind, snow) and uses Mjolnir as a tool to focus this ability, although the hammer cannot command artificial weather, only natural.
He can cause these weather effects over the world and destroy entire buildings; by whirling his hammer he can lift entire buildings with the wind.
Thor can also create small tornadoes by quickly whipping his cape in circles. As the son of the Earth goddess Gaea, Thor has shown control over the Earth.
Thor is a superb hand-to-hand combatant, and is skilled in armed combat, excelling in the use of the war hammer, sword, axe and mace. Thor possesses two items which assist him in combat: the enchanted Belt of Strength, and his signature weapon, the mystical hammer Mjolnir.
The first item doubles Thor's strength and endurance whereas the second is used to control his weather abilities; flight; energy projection and absorption (sufficient to drain the galaxy-destroying Null Bomb, and use its energy to reignite a dying star); dimensional travel; matter manipulation, the Thermo-blast, the Anti-Force (which counteracts another force), and the God Blast, that taps into Thor's life force and has even forced Galactus to flee.
Using Mjolnir by throwing it in the desired direction and then holding on to the handle's leather loop, Thor can fly at supersonic speeds within Earth's atmosphere and much faster than light in outer space.
He can also use the hammer to create a barrier by letting it spin in a circle, and even managed to contain an explosion powerful enough to destroy 1/5th of the Universe, although at the cost of his own life.
He can throw an object out of Earth's atmosphere by using his strength, and throw his hammer to Asgard from which it will return.
When Thor has to transport companions and/or objects to a destination by himself, he has a chariot drawn by two huge mystical goats called Toothgnasher and Toothgrinder that can fly nearly anywhere he desires almost as easily as with Mjolnir.
Mjolnir also has the following powers:
It can create huge vortices. It can emit antimatter particles. It can project mystical blasts of energy, control electromagnetism, and perform molecular manipulation.
It can also absorb energy;
It drained the Asgardian powers of the Wrecking Crew into the Wrecker. It drained the energies of the villain the Presence. It negated the force field of the Juggernaut. The hammer also accidentally endowed the hero Union Jack with the ability to generate electricity, and it can remove any harmful radiation or toxins from a host.
There are also several rarely used abilities of Mjolnir: Tracking a person. Locating mystical items. Detecting illusions. Projecting images, as Thor has shown a glimpse of Asgard to his fellow Avenger Iron Man.
As a former religious relic, Mjolnir is also lethal to the undead, causing creatures such as vampires to burst into flame and crumble to dust.
When in possession of the "Odinforce" that usually empowers his father, Thor has proven capable of killing Galactus when the latter is very well fed and far beyond his normal power level.
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A year of the shows and performers of the Bijou Planks Theater.
Secret Identity: Dr. Donald Blake
Publisher: Marvel
First appearance: Journey into Mystery 83 (August 1962)
Created by: Stan Lee & Larry Lieber (Writers)
Jack Kirby (Artist)
A place I've never been. A place I might never go to. A place I have seen some very nice photos of on Flickr and a place I wanted to 'paint' (well, as close to painting as I get).
Data from the Scottish Government and NASA;
Data cleaned up in QGIS;
Mountain mesh and base texture created in Gaea;
Put together and rendered in Blender (using various free and purchased assets... but I modelled the cottage myself);
Post processed in Photoshop and Lightroom.
Quite pleased with how this one has come out....
First variation. Different crop and less of a painterly style (and helping to demonstrate why I do a lot of post processing!).